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  • Summary of Final Regulations Implementing the New Medicare Prescription Drug Benefit

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    This document summarizes the final regulations to implement the new Medicare prescription drug benefit. The regulations were published by the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) as a final rule in the Jan. 28 Federal Register. It provides an overview that allows interested parties to obtain information about specific provisions of the law. The summary was prepared by Health Policy Alternatives Inc. on behalf of the Kaiser Family Foundation. Issue Brief (.pdf)

  • Medicaid’s Optional Populations:  Coverage and Benefits

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    Medicaid's Optional Populations: Coverage and Benefits Medicaid reform discussions have often focused around giving states greater flexibility over optional populations and services. This issue brief presents an overview of Medicaid's optional beneficiaries and services and provides examples of who qualifies as "optional" and the services they use. Issue Brief (.pdf)

  • Financing Health Coverage:  The State Children’s Health Insurance Program Experience

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      Financing Health Coverage: The State Children's Health Insurance Program Experience Enactment of SCHIP sought a balance between increasing funds available for coverage and limiting total federal outlays. While SCHIP has had widespread support and success in helping to provide coverage for uninsured children, its capped financing system has also created challenges for states, including inequities among states and projected federal funding shortfalls. This issue brief explores three basic sets of issues associated with SCHIP’s…

  • The Effects of Electronic Media on Children Ages Zero – Six: A History of Research — Issue Brief

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    The Effects of Electronic Media on Children Ages Zero to Six: A History of Research -- Issue Brief This issue brief explores the history of research about the effects of electronic media on children zero to six years old (including the funding sources), summarizes the findings of the seminal studies in this area, and notes gaps in the research base. Recent studies indicate that even the youngest children in the United States are using a…

  • Medicaid:  Issues In Restructuring Federal Financing

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    Medicaid: Issues In Restructuring Federal Financing This brief analysis summarizes how the possible restructuring of Medicaid financing could impact states, providers, and beneficiaries. Issue Brief (.pdf)

  • Policy Brief: Integrating HIV Prevention Services Into the Clinical Care Setting in Medicaid and Ryan White CARE Act Programs: Legal, Financial, and Organizational Issues

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    This policy brief, prepared by the Kaiser Family Foundation and the George Washington University Center for Health Services Research and Policy, examines the opportunities and challenges associated with the delivery of HIV prevention services in, or closely linked to, the clinical care setting. It focuses on two of the major public programs for HIV care in the U.S., Medicaid and the Ryan White CARE Act. The brief assesses the extent to which current law allows…

  • Summary of the Proposed Rule to Implement the New Medicare Prescription Drug Benefit

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    In August 2004, the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services published a proposed rule to implement the Medicare Prescription Drug Benefit (Title I of the Medicare Modernization Act). Given the high level of interest in the proposed rules for implementing the Medicare drug benefit, the Kaiser Family Foundation commissioned Health Policy Alternatives, Inc. to prepare this summary of the proposed regulations. Issue Brief (.pdf)

  • Health Care and the 2004 Elections: Medical Liability Reform

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    Medical Liability Reform   Download a printable .pdf of Health Care and the 2004 Elections: Medical Liability Reform. IssueBackgroundOptions for Assuring Access to Affordable Liability CoverageAssessing Candidate PositionsIssue Sharp increases in medical liability insurance premiums in recent years, and the withdrawal of some insurers from this market have focused the attention of health care providers, patients, and policymakers on reform of the medical liability system. Of additional concern is that the fear of liability causes…

  • Health Care and the 2004 Elections: Health Care for Americans with Disabilities

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    Health Care for Americans with Disabilities Download a printable .pdf of Health Care and the 2004 Elections: Health Care for Americans with Disabilities. IssueBackgroundHealth CoveragePrescription Drugs Under Public ProgramsCoverage of Long-Term Services and SupportsFinancing Medicaid and MedicareAssessing Candidate Positions Issue More than 50 million individuals, or roughly one in five Americans, have a disability. Diverse in health-care needs, levels of functioning, goals, and life circumstances, many count on Medicaid and Medicare to provide coverage for…